Ben Berry

https://instagram.com/p/1KAo4oMODJ/ The more popular Air Jordan sneakers get, the bigger the counterfeit industry is. If the available product quantity is lower than desire, that creates a market. That is simple supply-and-demand. To fill the demand, factories have taken to (and almost perfected) recreating popular sneakers despite not being authorized by the copyright holders. https://instagram.com/p/1JaiYBsOEL/ One [...]

Kobe Bryant’s most popular adidas signature sneaker gets three new colorways inspired by three of the most storied NBA franchises. Featuring uniform-matching colorblocking for the Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers, and New York Knicks, this trio of new adidas Crazy 8 colorways also has a printed design unique to each city. Upper materials are also [...]

With the Nike Foamposite popularity at an all-time high, it is only right that the Swoosh color it up in the most popular way possible. Instead of going with the Foamposite One that Mike Bibby debuted (not Penny Hardaway), Nike used the Foamposite Pro for the Gym Red colorway. Built the same way as the [...]

The popular Reebok Kamikaze gets its first new colorway for 2015 inspired by the 1990s. During the 1994-95 NBA season, the Reebok Kamikaze originally debuted on the feet of Shawn Kemp. With Retro sneaker silhouettes at the height of its popularity, the ‘I Love the 90s’ Reebok Kamikaze takes the florescent colors often associated with [...]

When it comes to high school basketball, there isn’t many bigger stages than the All-American Game. Take a look at uniforms that those selected to the 2015 All-American class will wear. Constructed with the same textiles that the current NBA uniforms use, the 2015 All American Games jerseys feature sweat-wicking technology in areas where perspiration [...]

For the 2015 All-American Games, adidas offered Player Exclusive versions of the D Rose 5 Boost and D Lillard 1 for the selected high school basketball players. Both 2015 All-American adidas PEs feature a purple upper and a prominently-placed McDonald’s logo on the tongue. Available NOW is the ‘2015 McDonald’s All-American’ colorways of the D [...]

A little over 11 years after LeBron James wore a very Timberland boot-esque sneaker during All Star Weekend. Now Nike is revisiting that colorway for the EXT version his current shoe; the LeBron 12. Instead of using the standard Nike LeBron 12, the EXT edition (constructed more for casual wear than on-court performance) was used [...]

Inspired by the change in the Chinese Zodiac is ‘The New Year’ colorway of the Under Armour ClutchFit Drive Low. For ‘The New Year’ UA ClutchFit Drive Low, a goat (or ram depending who you talk to/where you live) head is on the tongue to acknowledge the new Chinese New Year animal. This colorway of [...]

Reebok dug deep in their vault to bring back this Question colorway that made it to the biggest state in NCAA basketball in 2000. Inspired by the colorway that the 1999-00 Michigan State Spartans wore in route to a NCAA basketball title is the ‘Green Fifteen’ Reebok Question. This colorway of the Reebok Question will [...]

At one time, Stephen Curry wasn’t looked at as an elite basketball player. Since those days are long over, Under Armour drew up this new colorway of his Curry One signature sneaker to remember times past. The ‘Underdog’ Curry One features reflective UA branding by the heel, three-circle graphics said to represent his beliefs & [...]